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Porsche Panamera Spied in San Francisco

With the official site now live and the introduction drawing close, Porsche seems to have let the security surrounding the Panamera four-door sedan relax a bit. Flickr user Hysterical Bertha caught a nearly undisguised Panamera prowling the streets of San Francisco recently. Apart from some black tape and a bit of chrome tape to change the greenhouse lines, the vehicle in the photos appears to be a production-ready Panamera. The lines are by now familiar to Porschephiles and all of the enthusiasts waiting eagerly, nervously or cynically for the car to debut in Geneva in March 2009.

Current speculation calls for powerplants to be shared with the Cayenne, giving the rear-drive Panamera a choice of 385- or 500-horsepower 4.8 liter V8 engines under the hood.

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i didn't like this car, but i just seen a pic on autoexpress and i hate to admit it but if it looks like this it might be alright http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/news/autoexpressnews/229926/porsche_saloon_reveals_all_or_does_it.html
just when i look at these pics though the rear looks squarer which works but we'll just have to see when the bring it out we wont we.

After studying the rear closely and separating the real vehicle lines from the camo, this car is gonna look stunning. I'm excited about the final reveal. Should make a lot of people feel foolish for their uninformed responses though.

the front looks fine - the official revealed photos show that they managed to pull off the stretched 911 look really well. that back end though... it just doesn't look natural. it looks like a wagon trying to be a coupe - if it had an elongated rear end it'd probably look fine but this just doesn't work for me...

Repeating what I said earlier, its something to consider: "Heard from a very reliable source that this car in the flesh is a LOT prettier than the spy photos have everyone imagine. Apparently it's gorgeous."

I remember a lot of people said the Cayenne was ugly... then it became one of Porsche's best selling models.
I'll wait for the official photos with zero camo before I judge the styling of the car.
Now i'd like to see the rumored "new" 928 2+2 GT car that could be based on the Panamera's platform.

Now i know why they keep the general design concept for all there cars, because they cant design anything that looks remotely different and that looks good, it might take a while to get used too, just hope we don't see it next to the cayman s, well thats my opinion

The Panamera is way out of its league it terms of design, if it wants to compete with the Aston Martin and the CLS. I am guessing they are going for the Aston Martin performance for a price slightly more than a CLS, maybe???

the roofline is just so hideous. camouflage or no camouflage, you can clearly see how roofline ends in the back cutting any notion of flow in this design. Given that lately Porsche has done an awesome job with their design, i think this may be their ugly duck of the family. not a Big deal, everybody has them. I mean this car supposed to be slotted somewhere between still gorgeous CLS and even more gorgeous Aston Martin. and when you look at the choices available, somehow word "Porsche" escapes me.

what a mess! seriously. even if there are some covered parts you can tell the overall shape looks f**ked up. This is was happens if you try to make a 4 door 911. Everybody is so used to the 911 shape that you simply can't do it right. it is almost looking comical.